Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Calling this an oil-less fryer is a flat out lie. The very nature of fried food is the oil. Big Boss Oil-Less Fryer is essentially a countertop convection oven that quickly bakes food (well, not all that much faster than a conventional oven, but there is no pre-heat). That's it. What's particularly ironic about the product name, is that not only do does the cookbook that comes with it suggest spraying the foods with oil, but the product also comes with a spray bottle for oil! So much for it being "oil-less"! So when you make something like french fries, all you're doing is spraying the vegetable with oil and then baking it -- something that your conventional oven can do, only better with less cleanup. I tested the Big Boss on a few vegetables and found that it consistently undercooked them. But perhaps the bigger problem was clean-up. Big Boss is heavy, clunky and needs to be carefully cleaned by hand. If I'm going to bake vegetables in my oven I can put them on a non-stick reusable baking mat or parchment paper. Clean-up takes seconds. And even with fish/poultry, it's a lot easier to clean a baking pan. And then after you're done cleaning it, it is yet another appliance you must store. Bottom line: save your money and use your oven.